King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther,(A) and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked[a] the Jews.(B) Write in the king’s name whatever pleases you(C) concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring.(D) A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”(E)

On the twenty-third day of the third month(F)—that is, the month Sivan—the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai(G) commanded for the Jews, to the satraps,(H) the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush.(I) The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language,(J) and to the Jews in their own script and language.

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  1. 8:7 Lit stretched out his hand against

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